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What have you found to be the least expensive prepaid cellphones? A family member needs one. He probably won't be talking a lot on it and won't be surfing the web on it. It's mainly for him to carry in case of an emergency.
You want to look into plan call Pay As You Go. This is the plan that allow you to put let's say $100, and is good for 1 year. If you don't use all $100 by the end of the year, you might be able to roll over the balance to next year simply by adding another $100.
The phone you have to buy on your own, so you are left with checking out with which carrier that you want to use the prepaid plan on. In general, you want to get a prepaid with AT&T or T-Mobile because they provide you with a sim card, and you can use whatever phone you want. With Verizon and Sprint, you have to use device that works with their network, which in general has to be their company cell phone, so that wouldn't really work if you have a cellphone of your own.
If he's low income, he might qualify for a free phone. I have one here in CA through a division of Virgin Mobile, called Assurance Wireless. It's not great, but it's worth every penny :-) I get unlimited talk and text and some data included.
It's under the lifeline program, which is federal, but different states use different providers. So, just google "lifeline cell phone program" and his state, and you should see who is the provider and how to apply.
If he's low income, he might qualify for a free phone. I have one here in CA through a division of Virgin Mobile, called Assurance Wireless. It's not great, but it's worth every penny :-) I get unlimited talk and text and some data included.
It's under the lifeline program, which is federal, but different states use different providers. So, just google "lifeline cell phone program" and his state, and you should see who is the provider and how to apply.
You want to look into plan call Pay As You Go. This is the plan that allow you to put let's say $100, and is good for 1 year. If you don't use all $100 by the end of the year, you might be able to roll over the balance to next year simply by adding another $100.
The phone you have to buy on your own, so you are left with checking out with which carrier that you want to use the prepaid plan on. In general, you want to get a prepaid with AT&T or T-Mobile because they provide you with a sim card, and you can use whatever phone you want. With Verizon and Sprint, you have to use device that works with their network, which in general has to be their company cell phone, so that wouldn't really work if you have a cellphone of your own.
Hope this helps.
Thank you! I was confused about the whole sim card thing, because I have Verizon on our phones.
With Verizon and Sprint, you have to use device that works with their network, which in general has to be their company cell phone, so that wouldn't really work if you have a cellphone of your own.
Hope this helps.
Not true. Verizon has already stopped allowing activation of CDMA-only phones. The 3-G network is being retired at the end of 2019. You can absolutely “ bring your own phone” to Verizon. All newer phones use SIM cards now.
Decide what network you want to use. Pick an mvno for the cheapest plan. Then pick s phone that has the features you want.
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